Arar weather in May

In May, Arar sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 37°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of May to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Arar's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 34°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 36 min; 5:25 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover: 22%; 6th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 7.79 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Arar is capital of Northern Borders Province, Saudi Arabia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 37°C by the end.

A typical May day in Arar reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	18
2	31	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	18
6	32	19
7	32	19
8	33	19
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	19
12	33	20
13	33	20
14	34	20
15	34	20
16	34	20
17	34	21
18	35	21
19	35	21
20	35	21
21	35	21
22	35	21
23	35	22
24	36	22
25	36	22
26	36	22
27	36	22
28	36	22
29	37	22
30	37	23
31	37	23

How May really feels in Arar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 26 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Arar weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 4°	11	2.7	10.2	5.5
Feb	17° / 6°	10	2.4	10.9	7.1
Mar	22° / 10°	8	1.9	11.8	8.6
Apr	28° / 15°	7	1.5	12.7	7.5
May	34° / 20°	2	0.3	13.5	4.0
Jun	39° / 24°	0	0	14	1.0
Jul	41° / 26°	0	0	13.8	0.0
Aug	41° / 26°	0	0	13.1	0.0
Sep	38° / 23°	0	0	12.2	1.8
Oct	31° / 18°	3	0.8	11.2	6.0
Nov	22° / 10°	12	2.2	10.4	8.3
Dec	16° / 5°	12	2.2	10	6.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	87	87	88	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	94
Cloudier (%)	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	13	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	88	12
16	89	11
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	94	6

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Arar gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.3 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
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27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of May to 13 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:37 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 6:49 PM to 7:09 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:24	5:23	5:23	5:22	5:22	5:21	5:21	5:20	5:20	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:18	5:18
Sunset (PM)	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.2	5:37	6:49
2	13.2	5:36	6:49
3	13.2	5:35	6:50
4	13.3	5:35	6:51
5	13.3	5:34	6:52
6	13.3	5:33	6:52
7	13.3	5:32	6:53
8	13.4	5:31	6:54
9	13.4	5:30	6:54
10	13.4	5:29	6:55
11	13.4	5:29	6:56
12	13.5	5:28	6:56
13	13.5	5:27	6:57
14	13.5	5:26	6:58
15	13.5	5:26	6:58
16	13.6	5:25	6:59
17	13.6	5:24	7:00
18	13.6	5:24	7:00
19	13.6	5:23	7:01
20	13.7	5:23	7:02
21	13.7	5:22	7:02
22	13.7	5:22	7:03
23	13.7	5:21	7:04
24	13.7	5:21	7:04
25	13.7	5:20	7:05
26	13.8	5:20	7:06
27	13.8	5:19	7:06
28	13.8	5:19	7:07
29	13.8	5:19	7:07
30	13.8	5:18	7:08
31	13.8	5:18	7:09

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.39 kWh/m² to a high of 8.08 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.79 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.5	Intense
2	7.5	Intense
3	7.5	Intense
4	7.6	Intense
5	7.6	Intense
6	7.6	Intense
7	7.6	Intense
8	7.6	Intense
9	7.7	Intense
10	7.7	Intense
11	7.7	Intense
12	7.7	Intense
13	7.7	Intense
14	7.8	Intense
15	7.8	Intense
16	7.8	Intense
17	7.8	Intense
18	7.8	Intense
19	7.9	Intense
20	7.9	Intense
21	7.9	Intense
22	7.9	Intense
23	7.9	Intense
24	7.9	Intense
25	8.0	Intense
26	8.0	Intense
27	8.0	Intense
28	8.0	Intense
29	8.0	Intense
30	8.0	Intense
31	8.0	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Arar

In seasonPeak

In May, Arar sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Arar sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in May.

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Is May a good time to visit Arar?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

7.5

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Arar for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Arar in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Arar sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Arar in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Arar peaks around July 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	7	6	8	11	11	10	9	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	High
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Arar in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Arar is worst in May — around 86 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 47 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	54	60	83	77	86	72	65	62	60	65	47	48
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	54	Poor
Feb	60	Unhealthy
Mar	83	Unhealthy
Apr	77	Unhealthy
May	86	Unhealthy
Jun	72	Unhealthy
Jul	65	Unhealthy
Aug	62	Unhealthy
Sep	60	Unhealthy
Oct	65	Unhealthy
Nov	47	Poor
Dec	48	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Arar?

Arar sits at 31.0°N, 41.0°E, 555 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Sakakah, 137 km away.

Topography around Arar

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Arar.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 543 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 446 m.

The land around Arar is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and bare terrain (44%) within 3 km, bare terrain (94%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km

55 m

artificial surfaces 53%

16 km

124 m

bare terrain 94%

80 km

446 m

bare terrain 100%

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← April Arar year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Sakakah 137 km · Turaif 238 km · Ţurayf 239 km · Ar Ruţbah 240 km · Ţubarjal 275 km · Najaf 335 km · Karbala 336 km · Al Mishkhāb 340 km

Saudi Arabia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type G; 230 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 47% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $34,537; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2019
Road deaths: 35.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 404

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Arar (30.9753°, 41.0381°, elevation 555 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	18
2	31	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	18
6	32	19
7	32	19
8	33	19
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	19
12	33	20
13	33	20
14	34	20
15	34	20
16	34	20
17	34	21
18	35	21
19	35	21
20	35	21
21	35	21
22	35	21
23	35	22
24	36	22
25	36	22
26	36	22
27	36	22
28	36	22
29	37	22
30	37	23
31	37	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	88	12
16	89	11
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	94	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	18
2	31	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	18
6	32	19
7	32	19
8	33	19
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	19
12	33	20
13	33	20
14	34	20
15	34	20
16	34	20
17	34	21
18	35	21
19	35	21
20	35	21
21	35	21
22	35	21
23	35	22
24	36	22
25	36	22
26	36	22
27	36	22
28	36	22
29	37	22
30	37	23
31	37	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	88	12
16	89	11
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	94	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	18
2	31	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	18
6	32	19
7	32	19
8	33	19
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	19
12	33	20
13	33	20
14	34	20
15	34	20
16	34	20
17	34	21
18	35	21
19	35	21
20	35	21
21	35	21
22	35	21
23	35	22
24	36	22
25	36	22
26	36	22
27	36	22
28	36	22
29	37	22
30	37	23
31	37	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	88	12
16	89	11
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	94	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0